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淘汰 meaning in English

táotài

to wash out; (fig.) to cull

HSK 7-9verb18 strokes

Meaning of 淘汰

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

táotài
  1. to wash out
  2. (fig.) to cull
  3. to weed out
  4. to eliminate
  5. to die out
  6. to phase out

淘汰 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

德dé国guó被bèi韩hán国guó淘táo汰tài。
Germany was eliminated by South Korea.
在zài上shàng一yī届jiè世shì界jiè杯bēi上shàng，新xīn西xī兰lán在zài比bǐ赛sài中zhōng被bèi墨mò西xī哥gē淘táo汰tài。
In the last World Cup, New Zealand was knocked out of the competition by Mexico.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

淘 táo · to wash · 11 strokes

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  11. 11

汰 tài · to eliminate · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 淘汰.

淘气táoqìnaughty; mischievous
淘汰赛táotàisàia knockout competition
淘金táojīnto pan for gold; (fig.) to seek quick profits; to cash in (on an opportunity)
小淘气Xiǎotáoqìrascal

Questions about 淘汰

What does 淘汰 mean?

淘汰 (táotài) means "to wash out; (fig.) to cull" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 淘汰?

淘汰 is made of 2 characters: 淘 (11 strokes), 汰 (7 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 淘汰 an HSK word?

Yes. 淘汰 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

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